In 1995, she made her directorial debut through Paattu Padava for which she wrote the script and handled the cinematography.
[6] She was appointed as the creative head of Saregama, an Indian music company.
In September 2005, she became the business head of the TV Software Division of the company.
[5] Saregama later moved into the manufacturing and sales of radio-like MP3 players called Carvaan.
Manirathnam was a close teenage friend of B.R.Ravi (Vijayalakshmi's brother) which led to Suhasini-Manirthnam's romantic marriage.
Vijayalakshmi married Sunil Kumar, a sound recordist and has a son with him.